Equipment for attaching price tags to greeting cards



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N. S. NAG EOTTE EQUIPMENT FOR ATTACHING PRICE TAGS T0 GREETING CARDS F1166 Feb. 27, 1947 k Md m, M 5 w y B m v m M l6! M F n n IIIIIIIIIIIL Patented Sept. 21,1948 ,2;

2,449,614 A I EQUIPMENT Fon ATTACHINGPRICE TAGS ro GREETINGOARDS Neil s. Nageotte, Lansing, Michi Application February 27, 1947, Serial No. 731,389

1. Claim. (01:93.

This invention relates tomachines for attaching price tags to greeting cards and the like, is particularly concerned with a machine having great speed and efficiency, and is most particularly concerned with a machine capable of attaching such price tags from a continuous strip of tags.

The attaching of price tags to greeting cards and the like, for display in a retail greeting card store is a tedious operation, and involves a considerable amount of labor. The tags must be attached with ease and they likewise must be detached with equal ease. tachment of such tag has been principally by manual operation. There is also a machine designed for this purpose, the use of which is not too satisfactory, and manual operation of attaching such tags is still common.

It is an object of this invention to provide a machine by the use of which price tags are attached to greeting cards and the like. It is a further object to provide a machine whereby the attachment of such tags is accomplished with ease. It is still a further object of this invention to provide a machine whereby the price tags are detached from a continuous strip of tags and are attached to greeting cards.

I have now discovered and invented a machine and a continuous strip of price tags to be used therewith and am able readily to accomplish the objects set forth and am able to avoid the disadvantages of the prior art.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a partial section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a partial section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, showing the greeeting card and the tags in dotted line.

The support I is a continuation of the base I6 and provides support for the movable members of my invention. As shown in Fig. 1, when the handle I is pulled downwardly and toward the operator the gear 2 will revolve and force the toothed bar 3 downwardly. An extending member 4 is fastened to the top of the bar 3 which in turn is fastened to a flexible wire 5. The said wire is slidably held in the flexible tube 6. The flexible tube 6 is held in rigid position beneath the base I 6 by means of the tube I and the bracket 8. The flexible wire is attached to the tubular arm 9, the end of which arm is securely attached to the bracket I ll. The said tubular arm 9 is slidably attached to the carrier I I. Integrally with the bracket i0 is a finger I2,

Heretofore the atthe end of which engages the notch ,in 'the tag at I3. When the handle is moved forwardly the finger I2 moves to the right and slides along the slanting portion of the tag I4, and slides into the next notch. As the handle I is pushed back or forced back by the springs I5, the bracket IIl moves to the left and the finger I2 moves another tag into position on the base I6. At the bottom end of the bar 3 a block I! is attached. To the block I! a razor blade, or any suitable cutting blade I8, is attached. The tags are delivered to the machine in a continuous strip and may be either perforated or held together by any suitable means. Each of the individual tags, attached to the continuous strip, has over it a metal clip I9. The two leaves of the said clip are slightl separated.

It can readily be seen from the above description that as the lever I is pulled forwardly the block I! produces pressure on the clip I9, and causes the clip to close and hold the tag securely unto the card 22. The knife I8 cuts the tag at the dividing line and separates it from the continuous strip. The greeting card is then removed and the handle is moved upwardly and away from the operator and the finger I2 inserts another tag in position for application to another greeting card.

The tags are constructed of a pair of leaves folded upon themselves, the lower leaf of each of the said tags being substantially longer than the leaf of each of the upper tags, the extended portion of each of the lower tags forming a right triangle and the hypothenuse and the lower base of the said triangle forming a saw tooth formation for the movability of the said tags during attachment to the cards. The movements of the tags is made by the back and forth motion of the finger I2 which contacts the strip at the point I3, and moves it the distance of the width of one tag. A metal clip I9, having a pair of leaves folded upon themselves, serves in attaching the tag to a greeting card when the said leaves of the said clip are compressed thereupon.

I wish particularly to point out that the manufacture of the continuous strip of tags such as above-described is inexpensive and adds to the economy of the operation of the machine of my invention.

I claim:

A machine for attaching price tags to greeting cards, comprising a handle rotatably attached to a support, a shaft attached to the said handle, the said shaft passing through the said support, a gear securely attached to the said shaft, a

toothed bar vertically and movably attached to the said support, the teeth of the said bar meshing with the teeth of the said gear, and the ratatable movement of the said handle causing the said toothed bar to move downwardly and upwardly when the handle is moved counterclockwise and clock-wise, respectively, a block attached tothelowermost end of the said toothed bar, the said block having a flat lower surface, when brought downwardly toward the base to compress a clip positioned thereunder the said block and thereupon the said base, the said compression of the said clip causing a tag to be firmly attached to a card, a cutting blade securely attached to the side of the said block for detaching a tag from the continuous strip, a pair of coil springs attached at one end to the said block and attached at their other end to the upper portion of the said support, and causing the said toothed bar to be drawn upwardly, a wire enclosed in a flexible tube, a tubular arm attached to one end of a wire, the other end of the said wire being securely fastened to an extending member, the said extending member being securely attached to the upper portion of the said toothed bar, the said tubular arm being slidably attached to a finger, the said finger being attached to a carrier, the said tubular arm, the said finger, and the said carrier moving horizontally back and forth as the extending member is 10 moved up and down, substantially as shown.

NEIL S. NAGEOTTE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the 15 file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,112,627 Kohnle Mar. 29, 1938 20 2,176,116 Baetzhold et a1 Oct. 1'7, 1939 2,298,451 Balthasar Oct. 13, 1942 

